Mountain sheep and mining: Implications for conservation and management

California Fish and Game

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 149-178

  Oehler Sr , Michael W ^a   Bleich, Vernon C ^b   Bowyer, R Terry ^c   Nicholson, Matthew C ^d  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MINING; SHEEP;

CALIFORNIA; INYO COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 22144452898     PISSN: 00081078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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